The Notorious B.I.G. Estate Manager Denies New Documentary Claim That Diddy Used Late Rapper’s Money To Pay For Own Funeral: ‘Bad Boy And Diddy Paid For Everything’

Hold up, Diddy (aka Sean Combs) is in the hot seat again. The estate manager for the legendary **Notorious B.I.G.** is pushing back hard against claims that Diddy allegedly used Biggie’s own money to foot the bill for his lavish funeral after his untimely death.This bombshell comes from **50 Cent**’s new Netflix documentary, ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning.’ It suggests that after Biggie Smalls was tragically murdered in March 1997, Sean Combs organized a monumental funeral. But here’s the kicker: once Diddy saw the hefty price tag, he supposedly decided to charge the entire funeral cost straight back to Biggie’s estate.

The shocking allegation comes from **Kirk Burrowes**, a co-founder of Bad Boy Records. He claims Diddy put on a show of personally covering the costs for the extravagant send-off, which included a massive procession through Biggie’s childhood neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.

In the documentary, Burrowes said:

“He was gonna make the funeral be a recoupable charge to Biggie in death. Sean, doing a big show looks good on him. But he’s not gonna tell the world that Biggie was gonna pay for it.”

For those who remember, Christopher Wallace, better known as Biggie, was tragically gunned down in Los Angeles on March 9, 1997. This devastating loss occurred just six months after his West Coast counterpart and one-time rival, **Tupac Shakur**, met a similar fate in Las Vegas.

Nine days later, on March 18, 1997, the world said goodbye. Thousands of fans, friends, and family lined the streets of Brooklyn as his casket rode through his beloved borough. The star-studded funeral itself was held at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on the Upper East Side.

The chapel was filled with Biggie’s personal family and his Bad Boy Records crew, including his wife, **Faith Evans**, and his group, **Junior M.A.F.I.A.**

Kirk Burrowes Alleges Diddy Stole Rolling Stone Cover From The Notorious B.I.G. After Death And Posthumously Changed Bad Boy Contract Terms

But the claims don’t stop there. Burrowes further detailed in the documentary that Diddy allegedly tried to posthumously tweak Biggie’s recording contract terms. He said:

“Sean wanted me to change the agreement to more favorable terms for Bad Boy, and [Wallace’s] family and mother would not know. And since [Wallace] had signed the agreement, [Combs] wanted those changes to come from out of the center of the agreement and have those pages replaced with the other terms. I said, ‘That’s not right. I’m not doing it.’”

Burrowes asserts that after he refused to make these changes, Diddy fired him just months later. He also claims that Diddy snatched Biggie’s Rolling Stone cover opportunity in 1997. Burrowes had tirelessly pushed for Biggie to get the cover, but after Biggie’s death, Diddy allegedly pushed to replace his late artist with himself, telling Rolling Stone previously:

“I was telling Sean, ‘Let’s make it Biggie. You still have a chance [for a cover in the future]. He’s like ‘No, he’s dead. I’m putting out [Combs’ debut album, No Way Out] in July. I need to be on the cover of Rolling Stone.”

Notorious B.I.G. Estate Manager Denies New Documentary Claim That Diddy Used Late Rapper’s Money To Pay For Own Funeral: ‘Bad Boy And Diddy Paid For Everything’

Now, for the other side of the story. Following all these serious allegations, particularly the one about Diddy making Biggie pay for his own funeral from beyond the grave, Biggie’s estate manager, **Wayne Barrow**, is shutting it down. According to **Loren LoRosa** of *The Breakfast Club*, Barrow explicitly called the documentary’s portrayal “inaccurate,” addressing both the funeral claims and any alleged contract disputes between Biggie and Diddy.

LoRosa didn’t just share Barrow’s statement on air; she also took to X (formerly Twitter) to lay out the details:

“I spoke with Wayne Barrow, a close friend of Biggie’s who worked directly with Ms. Wallace in managing Biggie’s estate. Regarding the 50 Cent x Diddy Netflix doc, he made it clear he was speaking on behalf of Ms. **Voletta Wallace**, not necessarily the estate itself. Here’s what he stated:

1. First off, the claims from the doc, ‘Sean Combs: The Reckoning,’ — that Diddy/Bad Boy used Biggie’s money for his funeral — are absolutely false, according to Wayne.
   • Barrow confirmed he not only officiated the funeral but helped plan it alongside Kirk Burrowes (who made the initial claim in the doc) and the Bad Boy team.
   • He stressed that Bad Boy and Diddy covered *everything*, and at no point did any of Biggie’s royalty statements ever show funeral costs.
   • Wayne and Ms. Wallace personally reviewed every single royalty statement together until her passing, and funeral expenses were never, ever a topic.
2. Secondly, Wayne maintains there were no contract disputes between Biggie and Diddy when Biggie passed. He noted that ‘Life After Death’ had already recouped its costs.
3. Finally, regarding the *Rolling Stone* cover drama involving Biggie and Puff from the doc, Wayne couldn’t say much. However, he clarified that he’s unaware of any *Rolling Stone* cover being presented to Biggie’s team at all.”

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